Winds push the clouds up the side mountain the clouds cool.Coo lair can not hold as much moister as warm air.This means that clouds drop most of there mister on one side of the mountain as rain or snow .When the clouds move over the other side of the mountain little moister remains this drier side of the mountain i
s said to lay in the rain shadow.The coast range mountain receive clouds that come off the pacific ocean .The moister from the clouds leaving less wetness for the land on the other side .The cascades can be thought of as a high dividing Oregon in two .The west
side is in the rain.But the east side is in the rain shadow of the mountain .If you drive thought the cascades you can see this range .On the west side you ride thru green forest of short-needled ponderosa pines trees with radishes
bark .On the other side there are are fewer and fewer trees until you reach an area of brown hills the culumbia plateou and the desert.The desert is actually called the hight desert because most of the land has an average of more than 4000 feet (1,219m) .The hight of a place below sea level has an effect on its claimed .The greater the evaluation
s said to lay in the rain shadow.The coast range mountain receive clouds
side is in the rain.But the east side is in the rain shadow of the mountain .If you drive thought the cascades you can see this range .On the west side you ride thru green forest of short-needled ponderosa pines trees with radishes
bark .On the other side there are are fewer and fewer trees until you reach an area of brown hills the culumbia plateou and the desert.The desert is actually called the hight desert because most of the land has an average of more than 4000 feet (1,219m) .The hight of a place below sea level has an effect on its claimed .The greater